GW4VXE's Station Diary

Notes from my ham radio adventures

Aug 30 2026: SF=111, A=17, K=3


Since there doesn't seem to have been much 6m DX from over the Atlantic in recent weeks, I've turned the beam from its' usual westerly heading towards the East - it'll be interesting to see if anything comes in from that direction. Probably need to be looking south really, but we'll see what happens.

HF seems fairly poor again this morning (A and K quite high), so I'm guessing it's going to be a SOTA day!

Some interesting propagation around 1150z on 2m FT8; two decodes from EA7KNR (IM77). Probably an MS burst although maybe it could have been a brief bit of Es, especially as I saw two decodes. Nothing on 6m at the time, which makes me think it wasn't Es. I was the only station outside Spain to hear him, so propagation must have been quite selective, which perhaps points more to Es. I have no idea! But, good to see - whatever it was!


Total QSOs
11
DXCC
7
Bands
2m, 17m, 20m, 30m
Modes
CW, FT8
Highlight DX:
II7MGBR Italy 1732 km
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Date/Time Call Band Mode Country Grid
30/08/2026 08:55 F/HB9AFI/P 20m CW France
30/08/2026 09:02 G7RAU 2m FT8 England IN79
30/08/2026 10:13 EA3O/P 17m CW Spain
30/08/2026 10:15 EA4DON/P 17m CW Spain IM87GG
30/08/2026 10:32 HB9/DL6GCA/P 20m CW Switzerland JN46GW
30/08/2026 11:06 IU5RFA/P 20m CW Italy JN54HC
30/08/2026 11:14 HB9HDC/P 20m CW Switzerland JN46IU
30/08/2026 11:19 HB9/DL6GCA/P 17m CW Switzerland JN46GW
30/08/2026 11:23 OZ/DL2JRM 30m CW Denmark JO60JX
30/08/2026 13:39 LB4MI/P 20m CW Norway JP32WV
30/08/2026 19:23 II7MGBR 20m CW Italy
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